Chapter 2461

For these Brave Cavalry Guards, the highly toxic poison in their bodies was a shackle that imprisoned them for life and could never be broken.

But for Ye Chen, it only took a little bit of Qi to completely clear the highly toxic poison from their bodies.

Therefore, when he was patting their shoulders one by one just now, Ye Chen had already used his Qi to clear the highly toxic poison from their bodies one by one.

And at this moment, the seven people, hearing Ye Chen say that the poison in their bodies had been cleared, were first full of surprise, and then closed their eyes to feel carefully. Sure enough, the force that had previously gathered in their dantian was completely gone!

The poison in their bodies was not a common toxic substance, but a type of energy that was not under the control of their bodies. This energy was like a time bomb in their bodies, counting down in seven-day cycles. Once the seven days were up, this energy would completely destroy their meridians and internal organs.

And the so-called antidote could not clear the toxin; it just reset the seven-day countdown after one dose.

It was precisely because of this that they could clearly feel at this moment that the toxin in their bodies had completely disappeared.

This left the few of them in a state of shock in an instant. They really could not understand when the toxin they could still feel just now had vanished into thin air in this instant.

The leader's brain turned relatively quickly. He remembered that Ye Chen had patted his shoulder just now, so he asked subconsciously, "Could it be... could it be that when you patted us just now, you helped us clear the poison?"

Ye Chen nodded gently.

The man asked with a shocked expression, "This kind of highly toxic poison is incurable. How... how on earth did you do it?!"

Ye Chen smiled, "The reason it is incurable is that the highly toxic poison left in your bodies is not a real toxin; it is just a type of energy that you cannot control. Since you cannot control it, you are controlled by it."

The seven people's expressions were both surprised and happy, and at the same time, they felt a few more points of awe toward Ye Chen.

Although Ye Chen's words were few, they revealed a hierarchical relationship.

The strength of these Brave Cavalry Guards was weaker than this energy that had been controlling them, while this energy was weaker than Ye Chen's strength.

Therefore, to them, Ye Chen was the ceiling of strength in everything they currently knew.

The leader stood up from his chair, took a step back to go around the chair, knelt on one knee before Ye Chen, and said respectfully, "This subordinate thanks you, Sir, for saving my life!"

The other six also immediately stood up, stepped back, and knelt down without hesitation, saying in unison, "Thank you, Sir, for saving our lives."

Ye Chen nodded slightly and said to them, "Get up. Sit down and let's chat about your understanding of the organization to see if you can provide some valuable clues."

The man nodded immediately and said, "Don't worry, Sir. I will tell you everything I know without reservation!"

Ye Chen looked at Li Yalin and said, "Detective Li, do you have any questions?"

Li Yalin blurted out without hesitation, "I have quite a few questions."

Ye Chen nodded, "Then you ask."

"Okay." Li Yalin immediately picked up his notebook. During the time Ye Chen was talking to them, he had already listed the questions he wanted to know.

The first few questions were actually ones Ye Chen had already asked them when he was in Bergen, Northern Europe.

Such as their identities, intelligence, the location of their base, and some specific details about the base.

These seven naturally poured out everything they knew.

Li Yalin listened carefully. After they finished introducing the basic situation, he asked, "What is the organizational structure of you Brave Cavalry Guards in Cyprus?"

The leader explained, "There are 271 Brave Cavalry Guards in total, divided into three flags: Left, Middle, and Right. Each flag has 90 people. Each flag is divided into three battalions, each battalion has 30 people. Under each battalion, there are three teams, each team has 10 people. There is a Commander-in-Chief, and below him are the three Flag Captains, nine Battalion Commanders, and twenty-seven Team Leaders. I am the Battalion Commander of the first battalion of the Middle Flag."

As he spoke, he continued to introduce, "In addition to this, there is also a Governor above, as well as five personal guards beside the Governor. However, they belong to a different system, and their status is much higher than ours."

Li Yalin asked him, "What kind of official position is a Governor?"

The man replied, "The Governor is the supreme commander of the entire base, holding the power of life and death over everyone in the entire base."

Li Yalin frowned and asked, "Governor, Commander-in-Chief, Brave Cavalry Guards—these functional titles of yours seem very ancient. What is their origin?"

The man explained, "They all originate from the military system of the Ming Dynasty."

Li Yalin blurted out, "Could it be that this organization of yours has continued from the Ming Dynasty to this day?"

The man said, "To tell you the truth, the dead soldiers who are controlled and enslaved alone have a traceable history of at least three hundred years. So, the time of the organization's founding might truly be the Ming Dynasty period. However, these are just my speculations; I don't know the specific situation too clearly either."

Li Yalin could not help but gasp. Then he steadied himself and asked again, "Then do you have the identity information of this Governor?"

"No." The man shook his head and said, "The internal structure of the base is extremely strict. Although we Brave Cavalry Guards have a slightly higher status than the dead soldiers, we are still objects enslaved by the organization. Everything we do every day is by order, and we don't know the specific identity of the Governor."

Li Yalin pursed his lips and asked again, "If categorized by strength, which group has the strongest strength: the Governor, the Governor's personal guards, the Brave Cavalry Guards, or the dead soldiers?"

The man thought for a while and said, "We have never seen the Governor or his personal guards take action, but our strength is generally stronger than that of the dead soldiers because we ourselves were selected from among the dead soldiers."

Li Yalin asked him, "Do you Brave Cavalry Guards often carry out missions?"

The man replied, "The Brave Cavalry Guards only carry out emergency missions."

As he spoke, he further introduced, "Normal missions are generally carried out by dead soldiers. We will select the dead soldiers to carry out the mission in advance, then make them fall into a deep coma before departure, and then hand them over to the postman to transport them to the location of the mission. However, this kind of preparation time is relatively long, and it is too late for emergencies. Therefore, once there is an emergency, we Brave Cavalry Guards are responsible for it."

Li Yalin asked again, "Then describe to me all the details of the mission you received this time."

The man thought for a while and said everything truthfully, "We received the temporary mission only a few hours before departure. The Governor gave the Commander-in-Chief image data of eight Nordic people. Based on the physical characteristics of the eight people in the photos, the Commander-in-Chief selected the seven of us. After disguising ourselves at the copper mine, he led the team and took a plane to Bergen."

Li Yalin suddenly felt that it was a bit tricky.

He said to Ye Chen, "Young Master Ye, the structure of this organization is strict, and the information isolation between each layer is done very well. Even for the Brave Cavalry Guards, all the inside information they know is limited to their base and some of the base's businesses used to cover up their tracks. They know almost nothing else. Looking at it this way, if we want to know deeper information, we must find that Governor."

Ye Chen nodded and added, "The Governor might not know much valuable information either."

Li Yalin suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked Ye Chen, "Young Master Ye, you just said that the highly toxic poison in their bodies requires regular medication to delay its onset, right?"

Ye Chen nodded slightly, "That's right."

Li Yalin asked 547 again, "547, you dead soldiers living near Sri Lanka also need to take medicine regularly, right?"

547 nodded truthfully, "Yes, Detective Li."

Li Yalin then looked at the Brave Cavalry Guard and asked him, "How do you get the medicine you need to take every week? Is there a large batch stored at the copper mine, or does someone come to deliver it every once in a while?"

The man said hurriedly, "The medicine is delivered on a schedule, and it is all transported by the cargo ships that travel between us and Turkey. The large amount of supplies we need are also sent in through the cargo ship channels."

Li Yalin nodded and muttered, "In other words, if there is a way to cut off the supply of the antidote, then all the dead soldiers and all the Brave Cavalry Guards in the entire base will not live past seven days, right?"

The man felt a chill down his back and said subconsciously, "Theoretically that is the case, but you cannot do that!"

Li Yalin looked at him and said indifferently, "I just proposed this possibility."

After finishing, he looked at Ye Chen and said seriously, "Young Master Ye, if we want to solve this base, cutting off the supply of the antidote is definitely a good method. Moreover, once the supply of the antidote is successfully cut off, we can enter a state of 'besieging a point to strike reinforcements,' just like a sniper on the battlefield who doesn't kill the wounded but uses them to attract the other side's rescue personnel, and then takes out the people who come to assist one by one."

Hearing this, Wan Pojun could not help but say excitedly, "Besieging a point to strike reinforcements! This method of Detective Li is excellent!"

After saying that, he hurriedly said to Ye Chen, "Mr. Ye, if we use Detective Li's method, besieging a point to strike reinforcements while waiting for the seven-day deadline, then after seven days, this base might just perish on its own."

547 said with great fear, "Mr. Ye, please think twice! Once this is done, thousands of dead soldiers and their families might die without a burial place!"

"That's right..." The Brave Cavalry Guard also said in a panic, "Most of the dead soldiers and Brave Cavalry Guards are forced to work for the organization. If their supply of antidote is really cut off, not one of them will survive. This... this is too cruel for them..."

After finishing, he looked at Ye Chen and begged, "Sir, please, for the sake of us all being forced into this, leave a way for us and our relatives and friends to survive..."

Ye Chen did not speak. After pondering alone for a moment, he said, "The method of cutting off the antidote is useful, but it is indeed not very humane. Once successful, thousands of lives will cease to exist."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen suddenly looked at 547 and these few Brave Cavalry Guards and asked seriously, "If one day, you discover that after taking the antidote given by the organization, the highly toxic poison in your bodies is not delayed, but suddenly completely cleared, what would your reaction be?"